Cilantro tasted like soap to me before 2011, after that it was delicious. Not necessarily covid that caused your change, cant explain mine except that I was eating a lot of it in delicious meals so who knows

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A lot of people have changes in their sense of smell after contracting covid. It will be interesting to see if the “soap” taste comes back to you eventually.

https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/2022/09/change-smell-after-covid-19-infection-what-you-need-know

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/loss-smell-post-covid-how-severe-it-and-how-long-can-it-last

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes I have bad nose blindness. I get hints of things then it goes away.